"Stan Laurel Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was part of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. Laurel began his career in music hall where he developed a number of his standard comic devices, including the bowler hat, the deep comic gravity, and the nonsensical understatement. His performances polished his skills at pantomime and music hall sketches. He was a member of ""Fred Karno's Army"", where"
"again. She died in New York in 1969. Mae Dahlberg Mae Dahlberg, sometimes known as Mae Laurel, (24 May 1888, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – 1969, New York, U.S.) was an Australian-born music hall and vaudeville performer and actress, later active in Hollywood silent films. She was Stan Laurel's professional partner and common-law wife from 1917 to 1925. She was born May Charlotte Dahlberg on 24 May 1888, in the inner Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, to Louis, a labourer, and Mary Jane (""nee"" Gundry). By 1905 she had begun to earn a reputation performing as a singer and"
"A biopic called ""Stan & Ollie"" starring Steve Coogan as Laurel and John C. Reilly as Hardy debuted in October 2018 at the BFI London Film Festival. Notes Citations Bibliography Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. The team was composed of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). They became well known during the late 1920s through the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous bully Hardy. The duo's signature tune is known variously as"
"Mae Dahlberg Mae Dahlberg, sometimes known as Mae Laurel, (24 May 1888, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – 1969, New York, U.S.) was an Australian-born music hall and vaudeville performer and actress, later active in Hollywood silent films. She was Stan Laurel's professional partner and common-law wife from 1917 to 1925. She was born May Charlotte Dahlberg on 24 May 1888, in the inner Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, to Louis, a labourer, and Mary Jane (""nee"" Gundry). By 1905 she had begun to earn a reputation performing as a singer and dancer on the Australian stage, with positive reviews."
"Our Relations Our Relations is a 1936 feature film starring Laurel and Hardy, produced by Stan Laurel for Hal Roach Studios. This is the third of three films in which the boys each play a dual role: the first is ""Brats"" and the second is ""Twice Two"". The story is based on the short story ""The Money Box"" by W.W. Jacobs, author of ""The Monkey's Paw"". Laurel and Hardy star as both their famous Stan and Ollie characters and as Stan and Ollie's twin brothers Alf and Bert. In most of the Laurel and Hardy films, their usual Stan and"
"Lois Neilson Lois Neilson (September 7, 1895 – July 9, 1990) was an American silent movie actress who became actor and comedian Stan Laurel's wife. She was born in Tulare, California. She and Laurel both appeared in ""Do You Love Your Wife?"" in 1919. Neilson and Laurel began sharing her apartment in 1925, and married on August 13, 1926. Their daughter, also named Lois, was born on December 10, 1927. Their son, also named Stanley, was born two months premature in 1930, and lived for nine days. Neilson and Laurel divorced in December 1934. She died in Los Angeles at"
"resident. In 2013, Gail Louw and Jeffrey Holland debuted a short one-man play ""...And this is my friend Mr Laurel"" at the Camden Fringe festival. The play, starring Holland as Laurel, was taken on tour of the UK in 2014 until June 2015. In a 2018 film, ""Stan & Ollie"", Laurel is played by English comedian Steve Coogan, and Hardy by American actor John C. Reilly. Developed by BBC Films, the film is set in the twilight of their careers, and focuses on their farewell tour of Britain's variety halls in 1953. Stan Laurel Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson,"
"Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. The team was composed of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). They became well known during the late 1920s through the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend of the pompous bully Hardy. The duo's signature tune is known variously as ""The Cuckoo Song"", ""Ku-Ku"", or ""The Dance of the Cuckoos"". It was played over the opening credits of their films and has become as emblematic of the duo as their"
"In 1906 she married baritone and fellow performer Rupert Cuthbert, while in Hobart, Tasmania. A child, Rupert Clifton Saxe Cuthbert, was born of the union in 1908, in Melbourne. In about 1913, Dahlberg and Cuthbert sailed for the United States. Dahlberg and Cuthbert's personal and professional relationship apparently did not last. While performing in a ""sister act,"" in California, Dahlberg met and formed a variety act with Stan Laurel. In 1917 she played in a comedy short, ""Nuts in May"", notable as the screen debut of Stan Laurel (credited as Stan Jefferson). Mae Dahlberg is credited as ""Mae Laurel"" in"
"to tour the United States. Laurel had expected the tour to be merely a pleasant interval before returning to London; however, he migrated to the U.S. during the trip. In 1917, Laurel was teamed with Mae Dahlberg as a double act for stage and film; they were living as common law husband and wife. The same year, Laurel made his film debut with Dahlberg in ""Nuts in May"". While working with Mae, he began using the name ""Stan Laurel"" and changed his name legally in 1931. Dahlberg demanded roles in his films, and her tempestuous nature made her difficult to"
"as Best Supporting Actress. Stan & Ollie Stan & Ollie is a 2018 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jon S. Baird from a screenplay by Jeff Pope. Based on the lives of the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, the film stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It premiered in October 2018 at the BFI London Film Festival. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on 28 December 2018 and on 11 January 2019 in the United Kingdom. At the 76th Golden Globe Awards, Reilly was nominated for Best"
"several of her films. Though Stan and Mae never married, as professional partners they lived together as common-law husband and wife from 1917 to 1925. Mae maintained that it was she who suggested Stan change his name to Laurel. By 1924, Laurel had given up the stage for full-time film work, under contract with Joe Rock for 12 two-reel comedies. The contract had one unusual stipulation, that Dahlberg was not to appear in any of the films; Rock thought her temperament was hindering Laurel's career. In 1925, when she started interfering with Laurel's work, Rock offered her a cash settlement"
"the age of 94 from natural causes. Through her daughter, she was the mother-in-law of Western actor Rand Brooks, best known for his role of Lucky Jenkins in the Hopalong Cassidy ""B"" films. Lois Neilson Lois Neilson (September 7, 1895 – July 9, 1990) was an American silent movie actress who became actor and comedian Stan Laurel's wife. She was born in Tulare, California. She and Laurel both appeared in ""Do You Love Your Wife?"" in 1919. Neilson and Laurel began sharing her apartment in 1925, and married on August 13, 1926. Their daughter, also named Lois, was born on"
"Stan & Ollie Stan & Ollie is a 2018 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jon S. Baird from a screenplay by Jeff Pope. Based on the lives of the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, the film stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It premiered in October 2018 at the BFI London Film Festival. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on 28 December 2018 and on 11 January 2019 in the United Kingdom. At the 76th Golden Globe Awards, Reilly was nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture"
"in their underwear. After a brief chase, Stan and Ollie are marched back to their home behind bars. Chapters — called ""Tents"" — of The Sons of the Desert, the international Laurel and Hardy Appreciation Society, all take their names from L&H films; there is a ""The Second Hundred Years Tent"" on Long Island, New York. The Second Hundred Years (film) The Second Hundred Years (a.k.a. The Second 100 Years) is a 1927 American silent comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a"
"a team, the iconic Stan and Ollie characters and costumes had yet to become a permanent fixture. Their first appearance as the now familiar ""Stan and Ollie"" characters was in ""The Second Hundred Years"", directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCarey, who suggested that the performers be teamed permanently. The film was partially shot at the historic Culver Hotel. Putting Pants on Philip Putting Pants On Philip is a silent short film starring British/American comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. Made in 1927, it is their first ""official"" film together as a team. The plot involves Laurel as Philip,"
"The Lucky Dog The Lucky Dog was the first film to include Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy who would become the famous comedy duo of Laurel and Hardy, and is the first occasion that they worked together. Though they appear in scenes together, they play independently of each other and not as the comedic team that they would later become. The film was shot as two reels, but some versions end abruptly after the first reel where Stan is robbed by Ollie. A hapless hero (Laurel), who after being thrown out onto the street for not paying his rent, is"
"Stan and Ollie belong to win the maneuver. Daniel and his employees become heroes, and Daniel and Ginger become a couple. Penelope gets her own bird-size uniform and all the boys participate in a military parade together, while the aunts and Ginger watch. The first of Laurel and Hardy's post-Hal Roach features, ""Great Guns"" is generally regarded as the start of the team's decline, since they were given unsuitable, out-of-character scripts to work with, and very little artistic freedom. At Hal Roach Studios, Stan Laurel looked on such creativity behind as well as in front of the camera as routine,"
"""Slipping Wives"" was later reworked into the team's penultimate short film ""The Fixer Uppers"", made in 1935. Slipping Wives Slipping Wives is a silent comedy short film starring Priscilla Dean, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951. Priscilla Dean was a popular silent film star. Priscilla is married to an artist called Leon. However Leon isn't showing much interest in his wife so she hatches a plot to win back his affections. Ollie plays the butler. Stan arrives"
"still has his fortune and his wife, but he's lost Stan's friendship. In the film, he loses everything ""but"" Stan's friendship — which is more like it."" Among the run of late silent shorts which constitute some of the duo's best work, ""That's My Wife"" is an unheralded entry. Pioneer Laurel & Hardy film analyst William K. Everson wrote in 1967 ""Comparatively little known, this is perhaps the funniest and best of the many films in which Laurel masquerades as a woman. The single theme is handled with infinite variety throughout..."" Everson's judgment, though, might be clouded by the fact"
"which he asserted he had once hoped to play football for Notre Dame), became his flightier, subservient Stan Laurel. (They told interviewers they had met while sitting out an avalanche in an Alpine hut with a goatherd and some lusty peasant girls.) They created an imaginary world of entertainment that hovered between 1880 and 1930. They came to inhabit this world in dress, conversation and manner so completely whether on stage or off, that they acquired a liveried chauffeur, who drove them about in a 1930 Model A. Their act opened with both men dressed in 1920's blue pin striped"
"Laurel and Hardy provided a filmed insert in which they reminisce about their friends in British variety. They made their final appearance on camera in 1956 in a private home movie, shot by a family friend at the Reseda, CA home of Stan Laurel's daughter, Lois. It contains no audio and is three minutes in length. In 1956, while following his doctor's orders to improve his health due to a heart condition, Hardy lost over . However, he suffered several strokes that resulted in the loss of mobility and speech. Despite having a long and successful career, it was reported"
"The Associate The Associate is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Donald Petrie and written by Nick Thiel, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly, and Bebe Neuwirth, alongside Austin Pendleton and Lainie Kazan. Investment banker Laurel Ayres (Whoopi Goldberg) is a smart and single woman trying to make it up the Wall Street corporate ladder, until one day she finds out that she is passed over for a promotion, because she is a woman. Unable to face the fact that her less intelligent male protege, Frank Peterson (Tim Daly), has now become her boss, she quits"
"Love 'em and Weep Love 'em and Weep is a silent comedy short film starring Mae Busch, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951. ""Ancient Proverb—Every married man should have his fling—But be careful not to get flung too far."" An old flame (Mae Busch) of businessman Titus Tillsbury (James Finlayson) threatens to expose their past, destroying both his marriage and career. He sends his aide (Stan Laurel) to keep her away from a dinner party he and"
"a writing co-credit for Stan Laurel. L&H scholar Randy Skretvedt has run down many of the ""action scripts"" for L&H two reelers, and the one for ""That's My Wife"" reveals a few differences between original concept and finished film. One is a sub-plot that finds the actual Magnolia Hardy at a nearby table at the Pink Pup, and she becomes the target of flirtations from Uncle Bernal. There was also an unfilmed (or unused) gag where a helium balloon tangles in Stan's wig and keeps threatening to lift it off his head. Most significant, though, is the script-to-screen evolution of"
"In 2000, the Dutch revivalist orchestra The Beau Hunks collaborated with the Metropole Orchestra to re-create composer Leroy Shield's soundtrack to ""Our Relations"" from original sheet music that had been discovered in a Los Angeles archive in 1994 and 1995. Our Relations Our Relations is a 1936 feature film starring Laurel and Hardy, produced by Stan Laurel for Hal Roach Studios. This is the third of three films in which the boys each play a dual role: the first is ""Brats"" and the second is ""Twice Two"". The story is based on the short story ""The Money Box"" by W.W."
"he was Charlie Chaplin's understudy. He and Chaplin arrived in the United States on the same ship from the United Kingdom with the Karno troupe. Laurel began his film career in 1917 and made his final appearance in 1951. From 1928 onwards, he appeared exclusively with Hardy, and Laurel officially retired from the screen following his comedy partner's death in 1957. In 1961, Laurel was given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. Laurel and Hardy ranked top among best double"
"behind the scenes, he met the comic actor Bobby Dunn and they became friends; Dunn convinced Hall to take a stab again at acting, which he did. By the mid-1920s, Hall was working for Hal Roach. Stan Laurel, one of Roach's comedy stars, was also a graduate of the Karno troupe. As an actor, Hall worked with such comedians as Buster Keaton and Charley Chase, but he is best remembered as a comic foil for Laurel and Hardy. He appeared in nearly 50 of their films, sometimes in bit parts, but often as a mean landlord or opponent in many"
"Pryde"" (1925), ""Half a Man"" (1925). Laurel next signed with the Hal Roach studio, where he began directing films, including a 1926 production called ""Yes, Yes, Nanette"". He intended to work primarily as a writer and director. Oliver Hardy, another member of the Hal Roach Studios Comedy ""All Star"" players, was injured in a kitchen mishap in 1927, and Laurel was asked to return to acting. Laurel and Hardy began sharing the screen in ""Slipping Wives"", ""Duck Soup"" (1927), and ""With Love and Hisses"". The two became friends and their comic chemistry soon became obvious. Roach Studios' supervising director Leo"
"the son so badly wants to see Hollywood that he convinces his mother to let him go too. 45 Minutes from Hollywood 45 Minutes From Hollywood (1926) is an American two-reel silent film released by Pathé Exchange. The runtime is 15 minutes. At the time, it was known as a Glenn Tryon vehicle, but today it is best remembered as the second instance of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appearing in the same film together — although they do not share any scenes — at least half a decade after their first chance billing in ""The Lucky Dog"" (1921). Since"
"comedians. The official Laurel and Hardy appreciation society is known as The Sons of the Desert which was named after a fictitious fraternal society featured in the Laurel and Hardy film Sons of the Desert. Stan Laurel (June 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965) was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, Lancashire (today Cumbria), England into a theatrical family. His father Arthur Joseph Jefferson was a theatrical entrepreneur and theatre owner in northern England and Scotland who, with his wife, was a major force in the industry. In 1905, the Jefferson family moved to Glasgow to be closer to their"
"The Second Hundred Years (film) The Second Hundred Years (a.k.a. The Second 100 Years) is a 1927 American silent comedy short film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy. The team appeared in a total of 107 films between 1921 and 1951. Stan and Ollie play two convicts who share a cell. They dig a tunnel to escape from prison. After making a detour to avoid a burst underground water pipe, they emerge through the floor of the warden's office and are quickly sent back to the cell block after"
"same time, he adopted the stage name of Laurel at Dahlberg's suggestion that his stage name Stan Jefferson was unlucky, due to it having thirteen letters. The pair were performing together when Laurel was offered $75 a week to star in two-reel comedies. After making his first film ""Nuts in May"", Universal offered him a contract. The contract was soon cancelled during a reorganisation at the studio. Among the films in which Dahlberg and Laurel appeared together was the 1922 parody ""Mud and Sand"". By 1924, Laurel had given up the stage for full-time film work, under contract with Joe"